Night of the Demon( 1957)

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Who will be the next in line to defy the curse?

Overview

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.

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Dana Andrews
Dr. John Holden
Peggy Cummins
Joanna Harrington
Niall MacGinnis
Dr. Julian Karswell
Maurice Denham
Professor Henry Harrington
Athene Seyler
Mrs. Karswell
Liam Redmond
Professor Mark O'Brien
Reginald Beckwith
Mr. Meek
Ewan Roberts
Lloyd Williamson
Peter Elliott
Professor K.T. Kumar
Rosamund Greenwood
Mrs. Meek
Brian Wilde
Rand Hobart
Richard Leech
Inspector Mottrarn
Lloyd Lamble
Detective Simmons
Peter Hobbes
Superintendent
Charles Lloyd Pack
Chemist
John Salew
Librarian
Janet Barrow
Mrs. Hobart
Percy Herbert
Farmer
Lynn Tracy
Air Hostess
John Harvey
Hobart's Brother
Alan Beaton
Hyma Beckley
Ballard Berkeley
Ernest Blyth
Wallace Bosco
Daniel Brown
Jimmy Cains
George Curtis
Richard Duke
Shay Gorman
Laurence Hepworth
Walter Horsbrugh
Arthur Howell
Anthony John
Dan Lester
Leonard Llewellyn
Michael Peake
Paul Phillips
Anthony Richmond
Peggy Scott Sanders
Terry Sartain
Leonard Sharp
Bert Simms
Robert Brooks Turner

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Wed Feb 25 2015

You know, the devil has something here. Very pleasant. Dr. John Holden arrives in England to attend a paranormal convention where the recently deceased Professor Harrington had intended to expose Dr. Julian Karswell as being the leader of satanic cult. Upon learning of Harrington's death, Holden finds that the only link to the mysterious death and Karswell's alleged cult is an accused murderer called Rand Hobart, who is currently in a catatonic state. While Harrington's niece Joanna is convinced her uncle was felled by supernatural forces, Holden sets about debunking it all as pure hogwash. ...